Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes

A collection of quotes by Jiddu Krishnamurti.

Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895-1986) was an influential philosopher, writer, and speaker known for his revolutionary ideas on human consciousness and spirituality. Born in Madanapalle, India, Krishnamurti was discovered as a young boy by Theosophical Society leaders who believed him to be the potential World Teacher or Maitreya. They nurtured him and established the Order of the Star to promote his teachings.

However, at the age of 34, Krishnamurti dissolved the Order, renounced his role as the World Teacher, and began an independent spiritual journey. He emphasized the importance of individual awakening and rejected the need for gurus, religions, and institutions to explore the deeper dimensions of life.

Krishnamurti advocated for self-inquiry, meditation, and observation as means to transcend conditioning and gain insight into one's own mind. He addressed essential topics such as fear, love, relationships, education, and the nature of the self. His talks and dialogues focused on transforming human consciousness, promoting freedom, and the exploration of truth.

Krishnamurti authored numerous books that conveyed his teachings, including "The First and Last Freedom," "Freedom from the Known," and "On Love and Loneliness." His unique approach to spirituality attracted an international following, and he traveled extensively, sharing his insights with people around the world until his passing in 1986.

Today, Jiddu Krishnamurti's teachings continue to influence people from diverse backgrounds, inspiring them to question conventional belief systems and seek inner transformation.

Only in relationship can you know yourself, not in abstracti

Only in relationship can you know yourself, not in abstraction and certainly not in isolation. The movement of behavior is the sure guide to yourself. It's the mirror of your consciousness: this mirror will reveal its content, the images, the attachments, the fears, the loneliness, the joys and sorrow. Poverty lies in running away from this, either in its sublimations or its identities.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

Poverty

In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look

In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

Progress

You must understand the whole of life, not just one little p

You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it. That is why you must read, that is why you must look at the skies, that is why you must sing and dance, and write poems, and suffer, and understand, for all that is life.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

Life

When we talk about understanding, surely it takes place only

When we talk about understanding, surely it takes place only when the mind listens completely -- the mind being your heart, your nerves, your ears- when you give your whole attention to it.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

Understanding

The moment you have in your heart this extraordinary thing c

The moment you have in your heart this extraordinary thing called love and feel the depth, the delight, the ecstasy of it, you will discover that for you the world is transform.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

Love

So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentive

So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also to the feeling of what is being conveyed, to the whole of it, not part of it.

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Listening

There is no need to education. It is not that you read a boo

There is no need to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.

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Learning

What is needed, rather than running away or controlling or s

What is needed, rather than running away or controlling or suppressing or any other resistance, is understanding fear; that means, watch it, learn about it, come directly into contact with it. We are to learn about fear, not how to escape from it.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

Fear

Freedom and love go together. Love is not a reaction. If I l

Freedom and love go together. Love is not a reaction. If I love you because you love me, that is mere trade, a thing to be bought in the market; it is not love. To love is not to ask anything in return, not even to feel that you are giving something- and it is only such love that can know freedom.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

Freedom